The search committee at the university had moved slowly, the hunt for a house within commuting distance of the university had been hair-raising, and by the time they neared the place where he believed the house to be---all the landmarks are right.....like the astrological signs the night before Caesar was assassinated, Louis thought morbidly---they were all tired and tense and on edge. Gage was cutting teeth and fussed almost ceaselessly.